EX8 5QA

Exmouth Brixington · East Devon · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Exmouth
Local authority
East Devon
Postcode district
EX8
Postcode sector
EX8 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
EX8 5QD 53 m
EX8 5QE 74 m
EX8 5QG 103 m
EX8 5QB 104 m
EX8 5QN 109 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
EX8 5QA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 March 1983
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
EX
Postcode district
EX8
Postcode sector
EX8 5
Latitude
50.645176
Longitude
-3.388027
British National Grid easting
301,958
British National Grid northing
83,753

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
East Devon · E07000040
Parish or community
E04003003
Westminster constituency
Exmouth and Exeter East · E14001232
Output area
E00100740
Lower layer super output area
East Devon 015B · E01019905
Middle layer super output area
East Devon 015 · E02004143

Postcode source versions

Explore EX8

30 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
10, Winchester Drive, Exmouth, EX8 5QA 9 July 2026 £633,000
8, Winchester Drive, Exmouth, EX8 5QA 2 August 2024 £567,000
9, Winchester Drive, Exmouth, EX8 5QA 21 July 2023 £620,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
17
Primary
13
Secondary
1
  1. Brixington Primary Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    890 m
  2. Bassetts Farm Primary School

    Foundation school

    1.3 km
  3. Withycombe Raleigh Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
342
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 178
  • Anti social behaviour 36
  • Criminal damage and arson 30
  • Other theft 25
  • Public order 20

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
48

22 female, 26 male

Postcode households
18
Residents per household
2.7
EX8 5 residents
7,559

Age bands in EX8 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.3%

1,141 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.3%

550 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.6%

1,492 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.7%

1,900 residents

Age 65 and over
23.1%

1,531 residents

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider EX8 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
83.3%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

5

within 5 km

  • ROLLE MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

    EXMOUTH HEALTH CENTRE, CLAREMONT GROVE, EXMOUTH, EX8 2JF

    ODS code L83056

    2.8 km

  • WOODBURY SURGERY

    FULFORD WAY, WOODBURY, EXETER, EX5 1NZ

    ODS code L83116

    3.3 km

  • HALDON HOUSE SURGERY

    37-41 IMPERIAL ROAD, EXMOUTH, EX8 1DQ

    ODS code L83136

    3.5 km

  • IMPERIAL SURGERY

    49 IMPERIAL ROAD, EXMOUTH, EX8 1DQ

    ODS code L83628

    3.5 km

  • BUDLEIGH SALTERTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    BUDLEIGH HEALTH CENTRE, 1 THE LAWN, BUDLEIGH SALTERTON, EX9 6LS

    ODS code L83011

    4.6 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Bystock Road

    BCT · Brixington

    0.2 miles
  • Bystock Road

    BCT · Brixington

    0.2 miles
  • Bunn Road

    BCT · Brixington

    0.2 miles
  • Evergreen Close

    BCT · Brixington

    0.3 miles
  • St Briac Way

    BCT · Brixington

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for East Devon 015B, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

10 of 10

Overall England rank

30,396 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
10 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £620,000 from 3 recorded sales in EX8 5QA. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for East Devon is £345,757 in June 2026, up 3.5% year on year.

Schools

17 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 1 secondary schools. Brixington Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 890 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

342 published events cover 12 months, averaging 28.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 178 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.